Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)

By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 report

Nine of 11 new COVID-19 cases arise in Far North region

May 10, 2020 | 2:11 PM

The COVID-19 outbreak in the Far North region continues, as nine of the 11 new cases reported on Sunday arose in Saskatchewan’s most northern region.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority confirmed in a statement that three of those cases are in the La Loche area.

The Far North region now has 156 active cases, 119 more than any other region in the province. The Far North also has 193 total cases, which is also the most out of anywhere in the province.

The other two new cases that were confirmed on Sunday came from the North region, which has the second most active cases with 37.

Here’s where cases of COVID-19 are arising across Saskatchewan, as of Sunday. Saskatchewan Health Authority.

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Of the 564 reported cases, 209 are considered active. Nine more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 349.

There are currently 12 people in hospital – eight are receiving inpatient care (five in the North and three in Saskatoon) and four are in intensive care (all in Saskatoon).

Of the 564 cases in the province:

• 138 cases are travellers;

• 286 are community contacts (mass gatherings included);

• 61 have no known exposures; and

• 79 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

• 48 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.

• 193 of the cases are from the Far North, 163 are from the Saskatoon area, 105 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 15 from the South and 12 from the Central region.

• 77 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

• 199 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 176 are in the 40-59 age range; 95 are in the 60-79 age range; and 17 are in the 80-plus range.

• 50 per cent of the cases are females and 50 per cent are males.

• Six deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 36,860 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 8, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 28,484 people tested per million population, which exceeds the national rate of 28,404 people tested per million population.

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